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Stan Lee, Buddy Scalera

The first thing you notice about Buddy Scalera? A really cool,
literary name. Honestly, I’d like to name a character in a movie
“Buddy Scalera.” Maybe comedy about bowling? Or he could be a high
school English teacher. Or a nebbishy stock broker who plots to rob
a bank. How awesome would that be? But don’t tell the real Buddy –
I don’t want to be sued. Speaking of the real Scalera, he’s the
author of the just released instructional book, Creating
Comics from Start to Finish. And even if you’re not a
comic book writer or artist wannabe, it’s a really interesting
piece of work the way it takes readers behind the scenes of how
sausages – I mean comic books — are made.

Creating Comics from Start to Finish by Buddy Scalera.
Click on the book cover above to order your copy now!

BUDDY SCALERA audio excerpt:
"Learning about how the comic book creators broke in, how hard they
work, the things they do to stay in... It's a really competitive
business. If you fail or take a holiday, there are hundreds of
people to take your place. The people I interviewed know this. That
impressed me."

Scalera knows the business from having been on the inside – he
co-wrote Deadpool at Marvel with his friend Jimmy
Palmiotti and created and published his own title, 7 Days to
Fame, for After Hours Press. More recently, Scalera started a
website devoted to teaching his favorite subject, ComicBookSchool.com.

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What is Mr. Media® Interviews? The curiosity of Terry Gross, the skepticism of John Oliver, the unpredictability of Howard Stern, and, on occasion, the zen of Jon Stewart! Since February 2007, more than 1,300 exclusive Hollywood, celebrity, pop culture video and audio podcast and print interviews by Mr. Media®, a.k.a., Bob Andelman, with newsmakers in TV, radio, movies, music, magazines, newspapers, books, websites, social media, politics, sports, graphic novels, and comics!